winter is past, and we have a prospect of spring that is superior to spring itself.

Not to find pleasure in serious reading gives a pastel coloring to the mind.

There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things

The heart has no wrinkles.

We are never satisfied with having done well; and in endeavoring to do better, we do much worse.

If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.

When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.

There are twelve hours in the day, and above fifty in the night.

I dislike clocks with second-hands; they cut up life into too small pieces.

I know of no sorrow greater than that occasioned by a delay of the post.

... we ought to be astonished at nothing; for what do we not meet with in our journey through life?

When in a relationship, a real man doesn't make his woman jealous of others, he makes others jealous of his woman.

For the first time in his life, he felt exactly what he was, and he was not impressed.

Never say never. The things that you don't plan are the best. I'm a very spontaneous person.

Live with the objective of being happy.

When men once reach their autumn, sickly joys fall off apace, as yellow leaves from trees

I have only known her for two years. But if you took every memory, every moment, if you stretched them end to end-they'd reach forever.

If you are working, almost like with layers of the Grand Canyon, there's history within those layers.

Do not feed children on maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature

There are many ups and downs in everyone's life and when you're an actor usually you're a very sensitive human being.

I'm waiting for the day when my children cease to find my domestic propriety reassuring and actually find it annoying.